Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Bonaparte sends President Roosevelt the report of William R. Harr, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, regarding the charges against United States Attorney Robert W. Breckons. Bonaparte has been dealing with this case for some time, but has ultimately come to the conclusion that retaining Breckons in his current position would be against the public interest. While Bonaparte acknowledges Breckons’s ability, he feels that he is lacking in propriety, and that his “personal habits and associations are indecorous.” This would not necessarily call for his removal, but Breckons’s conduct in a recent case was greatly out of line.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-30